Nokia's budget Lumia 520 first debuted as a globally available smartphone fitted with a budget price beyond belief -- about $185 off-contract. Now, it's made its way to the US in two ways, as a prepaid AT&T Go Phone priced at about $100 off-contract, and as the Lumia 521, a T-Mobile variant that also slightly tweaks the price and sells for $120 retail.

Rounding out the details are the 1,430mAh battery, the 8GB mass storage, and support for 64GB in expandable memory. If you need more space for your photos and video clips, Microsoft offers its standard 7GB in free online SkyDrive storage.

Nokia Lumia 520 - Windows phone

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